Many HALO researchers, staff or affiliate investigators presented last week at the International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress 2024 (https://congress2024.ispah.org/), held in the beautiful city of Paris, France on October 29-31, 2024. The Congress theme was “Accelerating policy and practice to ensure physical activity for all”. Presentation authors and titles are listed below, with HALOites in bold.

  • Duncan MJ, Silva DAS, Kuzik N, Bélanger RE, Carson V, Chaput J-P, Faulkner G, Ferro MA, Turcotte-Tremblay A-M, Leatherdale ST, Patte KA, Tremblay MS. Racial differences in associations between movement composition and well-being, anxiety and depression among Canadian adolescents. 10th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress (Paris, France), October, 2024.
  • Hossian M, Mielke GI, Nisar M, Tremblay MS, Khan A. Global research on 24-hour movement behaviours in children and adolescents: A scoping review. 10th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress (Paris, France), October, 2024.
  • Abadi MRH, Sadia F, Kwaghbo N, Onyeso OK, Benavides Castro JK, Silva DAS, Yan Y, Shen Y, Hamrik Z, Sarmiento OL, Liu Y, Moore S, Tremblay MS, Larouche R. Recommendations emerging from a review of studies assessing the psychometric properties of physical activity questionnaires in childhood. 10th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress (Paris, France), October, 2024.
  • Zahran S, Antczak D, Cliff D, SADEY Contributors, SADEY Leadership Group (including Tremblay MS), Janssen I. Optimal 24-hour movement behaviour composition associated with social emotional development in early childhood. 10th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress (Paris, France), October, 2024.
  • James ME, de Lannoy L, Lee E-Y, Cheruvathur J, Ryu S, Vanderloo LM, Tremblay MS. Developing an evidence-informed conceptual framework to update the 2015 Position Statement on Active Outdoor Play. 10th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress (Paris, France), October, 2024.
  • Silva DAS, Gonçalves L, Anselmo PHP, Zanlorenci S, Brusco ECAG, Tremblay MS, Larouche R. Comprehensibility of a physical activity questionnaire: findings of cognitive interviews with Brazilian children and parents/guardians. 10th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress (Paris, France), October, 2024.
  • Tremblay MS, Faulkner G, Bélanger M, Brussoni M, Gunnell K, Larouche R. Social-ecological correlates of children’s outdoor time: a national longitudinal study. 10th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress (Paris, France), October, 2024.
  • Brazo-Sayavera J, Bizzozero-Peroni B, Aubert S, Silva DAS, Tremblay MS. Ten years of physical activity surveillance in children/adolescents in Latin America through the Global Matrix. 10th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress (Paris, France), October, 2024.
  • Chong KH, Suesse T, Cross PL, Ryan ST, Aadland E, Aoko O, Byambaa A, Carson V, Chan CHS, Chaput J-P, Christian H, Cliff DP, De Craemer M, de Lucena Martins CM, Delisle Nyström C, Draper CE, El Hamdouchi A, Florindo AA, Ghofranipour F, Guan H, Ha AS, Hamzavi Zarghani N, Hesketh KD, Hossain MS, Jajat J, Kim T, Koh D, Kontsevaya AV, Kuzik N, Leppänen MH, Löf M, Lubree H, Meredith-Jones K, Mwase-Vuma TW, Ng JYY, Novotny R, Nusurupia JJ, Pham BN, Poh BK, Reilly JJ, Staiano AE, Suherman A, Sultoni K, Tanaka C, Tang HK, Taylor R, Tomaz SA, Tremblay MS, Trost SG, Turab A, Vale S, Wickramasinghe VP, Okely AD. Global analysis of adherence to physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep guidelines in preschool-aged children. 10th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress (Paris, France), October, 2024.
  • Lee E-Y, Khan A, Vanderloo LM, Ferguson LJ, Latimer-Cheung A, O’Reilly N, Rhodes RE, Spence JC, Tremblay MS, Faulkner G. Do experiences of discrimination influence perspectives on the social climate of physical (in)activity in Canada? 10th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress (Paris, France), October, 2024.
  • Lee E-Y, Park S, Vanderloo LM, Ferguson LJ, Latimer-Cheung A, O’Reilly N, Rhodes RE, Spence JC, Tremblay MS, Faulkner G. The political landscape of physical activity and climate change in Canada. 10th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress (Paris, France), October, 2024.
  • Faulkner G, Fagan MJ, Vanderloo LM, Banerjee A, Ferguson LJ, Lee E-Y, O’Reilly N, Rhodes RE, Spence JC, Tremblay MS. Assessing support for policy actions with co-benefits for climate change and physical activity in Canada. 10th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress (Paris, France), October, 2024.
  • Larouche R, Faulkner G, Bélanger M, Brussoni M, Gunnell K, Tremblay MS. Out and about – relationships between children’s independent mobility and mental distress in a national longitudinal study. 10th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress (Paris, France), October, 2024.
  • Tremblay MS, Aubert S. Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance Global Matrix 5.0 Preparation Workshop. Workshop presentation at the 10th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress (Paris, France), October, 2024.
  • Larouche R, Neves de Oliveira S, Rostami Haji Abadi M, Angulo Garay G, Argumedo G, Ashaolu J, Baghestani A, Benavides Castro JK, Bhawra J, Brazo-Sayavera J, Choonak N, Delisle Nyström C, Evance S, Gonçalves L, Hamrik Z, Jáuregui A, Kaewpikul P, Katewongsa P, Khadilkar A, Kira G, Kuntembwe M, Liu Y, Löf M, Loney T, Lundgren M, Mandlik R, Matapo-Kolisko M, More C, Mwase-Vuma TW, Nilwatta N. Oyeyemi AL, Paudel S, Pires Anselmo PH, Pomkai N, Richards J, Sarmiento OL, Augusto Santos Silva D, Smith M, Subedi N, Widyastari DA, Wilson OWA, Aubert S, Carson V, Colley RC, Esliger DW, Gonzalez SA, Harper-Brown R, Kuzik N, Manyanga T, Reilly JJ, Roberts KC, Vanderloo LM, Wong SHS, Tremblay MS. Global Adolescent and Child Physical Activity Questionnaire (GAC-PAQ): Findings from cognitive interviews in 15 countries. 10th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress (Paris, France), October, 2024.
  • Demchenko I, Aubert S, Tremblay MS. Global Matrix 4.0 on Physical Activity of Children and Adolescents: Process evaluation and future directions. 10th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress (Paris, France), October, 2024.
  • Prince SA, Lang JJ, et al. Prioritizing a research agenda on built environments and physical activity: a twin panel Delphi consensus process with researchers and knowledge users. 10th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress (Paris, France), October, 2024.
  • Aubert S, Tremblay MS, Manyanga T, Silva DAS. Striving for global equity in physical activity: insights from the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance. Symposia presentation at the 10th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress (Paris, France), October, 2024.
  • Tremblay MS. Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance Global Matrix: History, activities, and impact. Symposia presentation at the 10th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress (Paris, France), October, 2024.
  • Demchenko I., Prince S.A., Merucci K., Cadenas-Sanchez C., Chaput J-P., Fraser B.J., Manyanga T., McGrath R., Ortega F.B., Singh B., Tomkinson G.R., Lang J.J. Cardiorespiratory fitness and health in paediatric populations: An overview of meta-analyses covering 33 health-related outcomes. 10th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress (Paris, France), October, 2024.